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Sunday, September 28, 2008

It's depressing...

8 comments:

Anonymous
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David, I'm on the scene at the release of Ken Jenne, there are a ton of problems here. Apparently, he is in Khakis and his wife is wearing an underwire bra. Also I hear that they only emailed about his release and did not fax. Terrible news all around

After meeting Ken Jenne, I find that he is not so bad. I have had the dubious honor of meeting more than my share of disgraced/corrupt politicians and find most of them to be alright people. They’re just humans, and like the rest of us, make mistakes. Not to say that they shouldn’t be removed from office when necessary (or worse), but I wonder whether we shouldn’t pity them instead of hating them. Remember all you ambitious attorneys out there, that could be you one day.

Ok fine, he f**ked up and went to prison. But did the convicts do it? Prosecutors, Judge, and Jury all step in to that process to safeguard against our human frailties. This is why we have a system that (purports to) spread power among many hands. People should be punished when necessary, but none of us is perfect and we should have compassion for those who have messed up.

I am not perfect, but I don't pretend to be either. I at least would like people in a position of exercising the police force to be free of criminal wrongdoing. How many prosecutors do you think have one too many and then drive? I don't want those people pointing hypocritical fingers at the rest of us.

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey appointed a special prosecutor on Monday to investigate whether criminal charges should be brought against former Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and other officials in connection with the firings of nine of United States attorneys in 2006.

I understand Jenne is providing evidence to Federal law enforcement against BSO employees and contractors about funds misspent by BSO, including during the investigation. Oh well, more big inflated ego heads to roll.

The Southern District of Florida blog was started by David Oscar Markus, who is a criminal trial and appellate lawyer in Miami, Florida. He frequently practices in federal courts around the country, including his hometown, the Southern District of Florida and the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. He is a former law clerk to then-Chief Judge of the District, Edward B. Davis.